Forgive Me John
Forgive Me John

Forgive Me John easy guitar chords by Jean Shepard

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    • Intro 1

    Verse 1
    [ 

    duet with Ferlin Husky 
    ] 

    Forgive 
    me 
    John 
    but 
    I 
    don't 
    love 
    your 
    brother 

    I 
    realize 
    now 
    that 
    you're 
    the 
    only 
    one 

    Write 
    and 
    tell 
    me 
    dear 
    that 
    you'll 
    still 
    have 
    me 
    if 

    I 
    am 
    blue 
    the 
    awful 
    wrong 
    I've 
    done 

    Verse 2

    I've tried 
    to an
    swer 
    your letter 

    the best 
    that 
    I know 
    how 

    The 
    way 
    I feel 
    about 
    you honey 

    really 
    doesn't 
    matter 
    now 

    As 
    you know 
    the 
    boys 
    will 

    be 
    coming 
    home 
    soon 

    To be 
    with 
    their 
    wives 
    and 
    their mas 

    and 
    pas 
    I'd like 
    to 
    come 
    home 

    I'd 
    like 
    to 
    see 
    you 
    as 
    a wife 
    but 

    not 
    as 
    a sister 
    in law 

    Interlude 1
    Forgive 
    me 
    John... 



    Verse 3
    You're 
    asking 
    me 
    to 

    do somethin' 
    I 
    can't 
    do 

    It's 
    hard 
    to 
    explain 
    but can't 

    you see 
    my 
    brother 
    loves 
    you 

    I reckon 
    as much 
    as I 
    do 

    and he 
    married 
    you 

    And I 
    could 
    never 
    do 
    him 
    what 
    he done 
    me 

    But 
    I wish 
    you happiness 
    forever 
    may 
    you 

    make 
    him a 
    true 
    and lovin' 
    wife 

    There's 
    nothing 
    for 
    me 

    to come 
    home 
    for 
    now 

    So 
    I'll 
    read your 
    list 
    and 

    live 
    my 
    lonely 
    soldier's 
    life 

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